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#DDAC40

#ddac40 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddac40 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 67.45% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.17% magenta, 71.04% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 41.27°, with 69.78% saturation and 55.88% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.85.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4525

Complementary

  1. #ddac40
  2. #4071dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddac40
  2. #40c0dd
  3. #5d40dd

Analogous

  1. #dd5d40
  2. #ddac40
  3. #c0dd40

Triadic

  1. #ddac40
  2. #40ddac
  3. #ac40dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddac40
  2. #71dd40
  3. #4071dd
  4. #ac40dd

Square

  1. #ddac40
  2. #40dd5d
  3. #4071dd
  4. #dd40c0

Monochromatic

  1. #705314
  2. #b18420
  3. #ddac40
  4. #e9c881
  5. #f4e4c2

Shades

#ddac40 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddac40
  2. #c79b3a
  3. #b18a33
  4. #9b782d
  5. #856726
  6. #6f5620
  7. #58451a
  8. #423413
  9. #2c220d
  10. #161106
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddac40 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddac40
  2. #e0b453
  3. #e4bd66
  4. #e7c579
  5. #ebcd8c
  6. #eed6a0
  7. #f1deb3
  8. #f5e6c6
  9. #f8eed9
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddac40 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddac40
  2. #d4a846
  3. #caa34d
  4. #c19f53
  5. #b89a5a
  6. #af9660
  7. #a59266
  8. #9c8d6d
  9. #938973
  10. #89847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b093 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ac31 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb945 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9d96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdac38 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b443 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a37c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddac40 {
  color: #ddac40;
}
Background
.bg-ddac40 {
  background-color: #ddac40;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddac40 {
  border: 2px solid #ddac40;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddac40;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 172 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 70% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddac40 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddac40, #c0dd40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddac40 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 172 64 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.85 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.57 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.99 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.83 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.88 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.80 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.17 #2253bf Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ddac40  rgb(221, 172, 64)  hsl(41, 70%, 56%)  Goldenrod
#4071dd  rgb(64, 113, 221)  hsl(221, 70%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#40ddac  rgb(64, 221, 172)  hsl(161, 70%, 56%)  Caribbean Green
#ac40dd  rgb(172, 64, 221)  hsl(281, 70%, 56%)  Electric Purple